Medicine and Drugs (correct answers)

Medicine and Drugs (correct answers)
Medicine correct answers Drugs that are used to treat or prevent diseases or other
conditions

Drug correct answers Substances other than food that change the structure or functions
of the body

Vaccine correct answers A preparation that prevents a person from contracting a
specific disease

Antibiotic correct answers Destroy diseases causing bacteria

Chronic conditions correct answers A long disease that usually cannot be prevented by
vaccines or cured by medication

Managing allergies correct answers Antihistamines reduce symptoms and can block
immune system that can cause the allergic response

Antidepressant correct answers Regulate brain chemistry for a treatment of a mental
disorder

Cancer treatment (chemotherapy) correct answers Chemicals that kill fast growing
cancer cells

How is medicine taken? correct answers Oral, topical, inhaled, injected

Side effects correct answers Reactions to medicine other than the one intended

Additive interaction correct answers Medicines work together in a positive way

Synergistic effect correct answers The interaction of 2 or more medicines that results in
a greater effect than when each medicine is taken alone

Antagonistic interaction correct answers The effect of one medicine is canceled or
reduced when taken with another medicine

Tolerance correct answers Condition in which body becomes used to the effect of a
medicine

Withdrawal correct answers A person stops using a medicine on which he or she has
become physiologically dependent

Prescription medicines correct answers Medications that are dispensed only with the
written approval of a licensed physician or nurse practitioner

, Over the counter medicines correct answers Medicines you can buy without a
prescription

Medicine misuse correct answers Using a medicine in ways other than the intended use

Medicine abuse correct answers Intentionally taking medications for non-medical
reasons

Drug overdose correct answers A strong sometimes fatal reaction to taking a large
amount of a drug

Nicotine correct answers Addictive drug found in tobacco leaves

Carcinogen correct answers Cancer causing substance

Carbon monoxide correct answers Colorless, odorless, and poisonous gas

Tar correct answers Thick, sticky, dark fluid produced when tobacco burns

Smokeless tobacco correct answers Tobacco that is sniffed through the nose, held in
the mouth, or chewed

Short term effects of tobacco correct answers Brain chemistry changes
Respiration and heart rate increases
Taste buds are dulled and appetite is reduced
Users have bad breath, yellowed teeth and smelly hair

Long term effects of tobacco correct answers Chronic bronchitis
Emphysema
Lung cancer
Coronary heart disease or stroke
Weakened immune system
Leukoplakia

Emphysema correct answers Disease that destroys air sacs in the lungs

Leukoplakia correct answers Spots inside of mouth that can develop into oral cancer

Getting help to quit tobacco use correct answers Get support or encouragement
Access professional health services
Replace tobacco with healthy behaviors

Ethanol correct answers The type of alcohol that is in alcoholic beverages
Produced synthetically or naturally by fermenting

Fermentation correct answers The chemical action of yeasts on sugars